ACC NOTES: Big Apple-bound in 2016?

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Mar 16, 2013 at 12:01 AMMar 16, 2013 at 12:21 AM

Halifax Media Group

GREENSBORO — The rumor began floating around from the day Syracuse and Pittsburgh were announced as new members of the ACC last year. Friday, for the first time, a high-ranking league official acknowledged the probability that a future ACC tournament will be held in New York City.

What is perhaps more troubling for Duke, though, is that Kelly was not on the court from the 5:47 to 1:01 marks of the second half.

According to coach Mike Krzyzewski, it was a byproduct of both Kelly recovering from the right foot injury and how Maryland stacked up.

“And Ryan … look, he’s back but he’s not in the shape that he would be normally,” Krzyzewski said. “So we have to try to match them and we were playing catch up the whole time.”

Kelly wound up with eight points on 3-for-11 shooting. He missed all six of his shots from behind the arc and pulled in three rebounds.

BAD TREND IN GREENSBORO: Duke lost in the Greensboro Coliseum for the second straight time, going back to last season’s defeat at the hands of Lehigh in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

For Seth Curry, Friday night’s defeat was enough to deal with in its own right aside from thinking about last season’s debacle.

“We’re frustrated enough (Friday),” Curry said. “Last season was behind us, nobody was thinking about that on this team.”

It’s also the first time in 10 games that Duke has lost an ACC Tournament game in Greensboro, dating back to the semifinals of the 2004 tournament.